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Hiddink calls up three new faces for qualifiers
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Russia's soccer team head coach Guus
Hiddink arrives at their hotel in Tel Aviv November 16, 2007. Israel
will meet Russia on Saturday in a Euro 2008 Group E qualifier. REUTERS/Ronen
Zvulun (ISRAEL)
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MOSCOW, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Russia coach Guus Hiddink called
up three newcomers on Monday to his 22-man squad for next month's World
Cup qualifiers against Germany and Finland.
CSKA Moscow midfielders Alan Dzagoyev, fellow midfielder Igor Denisov
of Zenit St Petersburg and Spartak Moscow striker Alexander Prudnikov
travel with the squad to Group four leaders Germany on Oct.11 and face
Finland at home four days later.
"All three, Denisov, Dzagoyev and Prudnikov, have shown good form
playing for their respective clubs and they deserved to be called to the
national team," Hiddink told reporters on Monday.
The Dutchman will be without Dynamo Moscow defender Denis Kolodin who
is out for the rest of the year after injuring his ankle in a league game
at the weekend.
Zenit's Denisov, 24, caused a big stir in May by turning down Hiddink's
invitation to join Russia's provisional squad for Euro 2008 but was told
he would be considered for selection in the future after apologising for
his action.
Dzagoyev, a highly talented 18-year-old playmaker, caught the Dutch manager's
eye after scoring four goals in CSKA Moscow's last three games, all wins,
to lead the army club to second place in the Russian premier league.
Prudnikov, 19, a powerfully-built centre-forward who was a member of Russia's
under-17 team that won the European championship in 2006, has been touted
to follow in the footsteps of his former Spartak Moscow team mate Roman
Pavlyuchenko.
Russia opened their qualifying campaign earlier this month with a 2-1
home win over Wales.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moscow), Vyacheslav Malafeyev (Zenit
St Petersburg), Sergei Ryzhykov (Rubin Kazan)
Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Alexei Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow),
Vasily Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg),
Renat Yanbayev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Midfielders: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA
Moscow), Igor Semshov (Dynamo Moscow), Dmitry Torbinsky (Lokomotiv Moscow),
Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit St Petersburg), Sergei Semak (Rubin Kazan),
Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow), Igor Denisov (Zenit St Petersburg),
Alan Dzagoyev (CSKA Moscow)
Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St Petersburg), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Zenit
St Petersburg), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham Hotspur), Ivan Saenko (Spartak
Moscow), Alexander Prudnikov (Spartak Moscow).
football.uk.reuters.com,
29 Sep 2008
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